He studied International Business Management in South Carolina and then embarked on his career in the automotive industry.

Between 1984 and 1987, Johnsson worked in strategic corporate planning at General Motors in Detroit. Following that, he was responsible for product marketing at GM Europe until 1993.

After further leadership positions in new-car sales and aftersales at General Motors in Indonesia, Taiwan and Singapore, Johnsson was appointed President and Managing Director of General Motors Middle East Operations in Dubai in 2004.

In 2008 he assumed the position of Vice President - Sales, After Sales and Marketing at Shanghai General Motors in China. In 2011 he moved to the Volkswagen Group, taking on the role of Head of Sales - America at Volkswagen AG in Wolfsburg.

Johnsson has been Head of Sales Overseas at AUDI AG in Ingolstadt since January 2014.

Further information about the official fuel consumption figures and official, specific CO2 emissions of new passenger cars can be found in the “Guide to fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and electricity consumption of new cars,” which is available free of charge from all sales outlets and from DAT (Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH), Hellmuth-Hirth-Strasse 1, 73760 Ostfildern-Scharnhausen, Germany (http://www.dat.de).